Present and future therapies of hepatitis B: From discovery to cure
T. Jake Liang, Timothy M. Block, Brian J. McMahon, Marc G. Ghany, Stephan Urban, Ju‐Tao Guo, Stephen Locarnini, Fabien Zoulim, Kyong‐Mi Chang, Anna S. Lok – 3 August 2015 – Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a significant global pathogen, infecting more than 240 million people worldwide. While treatment for HBV has improved, HBV patients often require lifelong therapies and cure is still a challenging goal.